The Datasound Podcast

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Honeymoon Day 5: Ketchikan

Pulling out the port of Skagway... Off to Glacier Bay!

We're leaving Skagway after a long day of taking a train to The Interior & B.C, Canada, walking a sky bridge and touring a gorgeous organic garden & cafe, plus hanging with some locals in downtown Skagway and drinking spruce ale high in Vitamin C! Great day! The next two days we're glacier teritory, no cell towers so we'll catch up in a few days!

Joe Shockley
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Honeymoon Day 4: Day At Sea

A Whale of a Good time...

We saw 7 or 8 Humback whales today, it was truly awe inspiring. One of them breached 3 times out of the water... Even our tour guides were suprised. It was a really cook site. Of course my battery died it the good camera while trying to capture all of that so that sucked. All in all a great day!

Joe Shockley
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Monday, August 24, 2009

In Ketchikan, Alaska: zipplined for the 1st time this morning...

It was cold, wet & Awesome! We saw a black bear. We walked in the rain around town, met some cool locals and watched salmon do their thing heading upstream. Now it's time to warm up, dry off, grab lunch and maybe catch star trek at the ship theatre. Plenty of pictures to come. Next stop Juneau!

Joe Shockley
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Leave it to the Tech Guy to totally blank out & forget about AT&T not being in Canada.

And at $15.00 a MB using Rogers is not an Option! Fortunately WiFi is strong in our Hotel.

Joe Shockley
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Honeymoon Day 3: Goodbye Vancouver

Friday, August 21, 2009

Honeymoon day 2: Getting Lost in Vancouver

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Honeymoon Day 1: travel Day

Cool Gadgets for your Kitchen... for the axe murderer in you.

via reflectionof.me

I stab you! More pics at the tiny URL above.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

It's a small and interconnected world out there...

So this morning I went to a customer who was referred to me by another customer of mine. He had a MacBook Pro and MacBook that had water damage and needed data recovered. No Problem, the drive's are still in pretty good shape. As I'm transferring data we get to talking. He's into music, me to. He's in to tech, Me to. He was a former CEO of AOL Canada... Um... I once had a song placed in a Nissan commercial? Doesn't quite match up, I know. He's Canadian, I'm going to Canada Tomorrow! We both read Bob Lefsetz! We both know some of the same people in the music industry. He's shifting out of the tech world and into the Music world; developing a Jam band and starting an All-in tech savvy management company, I'm shifting away from music (as a source of income) and more into the tech industry (as a source of income.) He dig's Drum and Bass, I made Drum and Bass. It goes on and on. None the less I get back to the office to enter his info in my address book and find a press release about him on line. The press release was written by the person who referred me to him. It sure is a small interconnected world at times.

-Joe

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/apple-cloud/#

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Apple’s New Data Center Likely to Focus on Cloud Computing

A 500,000 square foot data center? As the Investors would say, "What's the play here?" Or even better as Tom Waits would say in hushed raspy voice "What are they building in there?"

I have no concrete info obviously, but my bet is on the expansion of MobileMe and the move of proccessing power and data storage for apps like iMovie, iPhoto and iWeb. More done in the cloud from where ever you are on what ever platform and device you're on.

Maybe it's more simple than that. Maybe it's iDisks big enough to work with time machine and back up your entire system in the cloud.

Or perhaps it's to offer spotify like services for both music and movies. On demand and subscription based?

Someday we'll know for sure but for now it's back to "What are they Building in there!"

-Joe

The Most dramatic PSA ever!: Car texting video too shocking for YouTube ((tags: PSA, Whoa!)

via tgdaily.com

Leave it to the Brits to come at yeah with a wrather compelling reason not to text while driving. WHOA!

Monday, August 17, 2009

TomTom navigation for iPhone 3G and 3GS arrives... But at a Hefty Price!

via engadget.com

I'm not quite sure why TomTom went with the massive price tag for this App, $99.99 US, especially since they want you to buy the additional car kit too! I could see $10-$20 for that App and then another $50-70 for the car kit, maybe even a $99.99 price point for the car kit, but at 1st glance I'm experiencing severe sticker shock!

-Joe

Impressive: Motorist gets a lift in Sturgeon Bay.

via jsonline.com

You've got to wonder what was going through the drivers head when she realized she was heading for a 45 degree angle.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Creating a filemaker db from scratch for the 1st time, I now realize why instrumental music is so popular amongst programmers. ((tags:FMP, Tech, Music, Autechre

Yeesland by Autechre
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01 Yeesland.mp3 (8962 KB)

Right now Autechre is my friend. Yeesland!

These D&B church Rave videos just keep getting better...

via johntooker.com

You can't help but smile or smirk when you see these videos.

Friday, August 14, 2009

New Radiohead track leaked? - These Are My Twisted Words

Another new Radiohead song emerged last night, this time mysteriously on http://www.ateaseweb.com/2009/08/13/new-radiohead-track-leaked/

Rumors are swirling... Is it from a new EP, possible titled 'Wall of ice', is it from the New Moon Twilight soundtrack, or is it just Thom and Johnny messing about? Who knows! Is it any good? I say yes, but not great or polished. It's a bit of a trance really and a little sloppy, similar to 'In Rainbows' in one way and you can also hear some influence form the last Portishead record, so I guess there's a bit of Krautrock in it as well. Listen for your self.

Video:

MP3:

These Are My Twisted Words by Radiohead
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These Are My Twisted Words.mp3 (12962 KB)

-Joe

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Those old cassette tapes are still good for something

via latimesblogs.latimes.com

I could probably make a couple hundred of these... I have boxes of old radio shows, local band tapes and even some Kansas that could be converted. I have no idea why I have a Kansas on cassette. :)

When I was 13 I used to love Skate Boarding...

Now there's 3 kids out side the office who suck and all I hear is this consant slapping of boards against concrete and brick. It's driving me nuts and I'm turning into an old man. Yikes!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

DJ Mike Relm - Charlie Bit Me Remix ( youtube live )

via youtube.com

Impressive use of video, turntables, a controller and computer.

'Spotify earns us more than iTunes': Sony BMG Sweden

via thelocal.se

Only a record label exec could turn this positive into a discussion on how CD packaging needs to be improved. Seriously? That's what's going to save you, better CD packaging? WOW!

More here.

It's getting kinda sad when you become less productive when the internet goes down.

I was working on multiple projects; entering data in FMP, composing an Email, and helping a customer through iChat screen sharing when the internet went down. Then I found my self searching for something productive to do that was work related. It was kinda hard because I was really focused on the three projects I had going on. This is definitely the down side of the cloud. Abut 10 years ago, when I worked at a CD import/export company in Miami, we used to shout out "Everybody out of the pool" when the system went down, then wander off to go get some coffee or heckle the IT guys or more specifically, the developers who were trying to work out the bugs in said system. It used to make me laugh. Now it makes me wonder how much time/money I'm losing. Amazing what a difference 10 years will make.

-Joe

Posted via email from Joe Shockley's Data & Sound Blog

It seems Alaska is the place to go to.

via AudioBoo

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Mad Keys!

Just another test.

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Breakfast can wait... For Families Today, Technology Is Morning’s First Priority

via nytimes.com

I know this is true in our house on most mornings. Kristen and I will often times be at the computer while eating breakfast and sometimes even before we eat.

For us it's an effort to multitask, but we get sucked in and then find our selves scrambling to get out the door. We're so wired it's a challenge to ignore the impulse to check email or status updates.

There's room for improvement and balance here. Surely.

Monday, August 10, 2009

No More Radiohead Albums? - All Songs Considered Blog : NPR

via npr.org

It would seem the boys from Radiohead are getting board. Board with the Long Player Format and, for the time being, are embracing the singles format. I find this quite amusing, especially since they are one of maybe 5 groups or artist that I would consider the Long Player or Album format to be appropriate for. And, when they do make an Album I make it a point to listen to, as intended, front to back, No shuffling, at least for the 1st handful of listens, and will often go back and listen to in it's entirety from time to time.

What I find even more amusing is the conversation I have with my band mates about this same topic. John is an Album guy and Danny is mostly an Album guy but because he's a DJ he's also kinda a singles guy. Me, I'm the singles guy all the way. Only recently have I ventured into actively listening to Albums again, but most don't make it past the 1st two or three listens before I start isolating the "singles" or favorites and the "best" of that record ends up in shuffleland.

Personally I would prefer to hear to new material from Radiohead more often than every two years or so. Speaking from experience, it can be exhausting making a record. Laboring over the details and making a group of songs sound whole. I've seen John, the guy in our band who handles most of that work, corner himself many times and then start to wonder "Does this even sound good anymore?" It can be brutal, especially when you're not even sure on which direction the record is taking.

It's quite rewarding to finish a song, record it, mix it and release it in a short period of time and move on to the next. We did this with a couple of songs in 2007 and it was nice to be done with them and focusing on new business.

Another great thing about singles is they can be a way of test marketing. With singles you can try out different styles that you're interested in a see what works best for you and your audience. In the Dance and Electronic world you'll see this more often. Producers will make a B-side that's totally different from their Normal or Expected Style and that B-side might take off.

Same thing goes for a one off single that doesn't fit an Album. Aphex Twin hit us with "Come To Daddy" and "Windowlicker" which were two tracks released after a long cycle of Full Length releases and they paid off. They went further outside of his expected sound and pushed things a little more. then he disappeared for a number of years, but that's a different story.

Bottom, line I prefer Singles, EP's and a constant flow of material from my favorite artists. Hopefully Radiohead can keep it up.

-Joe

Install Damn You!!!

I've been watching this 10.5.8 update for about 30 minutes now and 10 of those minutes have said about 2 minutes remaining. Seems like most of these 10 minutes have been spent on updating the reciepts file.

This update is happing on a 1.8 GHz PPC G5 and the drive speed is 5400

It's billable time, but I wish it was a bit faster.

Posted via email from Joe Shockley's Datasound Blog

How'd I Miss this one... New: Thom Yorke - "All For The Best"

via stereogum.com

It would appear that while I was busy prepping to get married Thom Yorke snuck out a new single for the "Ciao My Shinning Star: The Songs of Mark Mulchany" compilation. The album is a tribute to Mark Mulchany's wife and features an impressive line up indie favorites performing songs written by Mark and his band Miracle Legion.

The song "All For The Best" is a good balance of 'Eraser' influences, drum machines, darks pads, moaning, etc. with a strong percussive influence in the clacking of drum sticks and one-overhead-mic-in-the-room acoustic drums. Add a little screech of guitar distortion and you'll get the full picture. Check the Stereogum link above for more.